Modifies a noun

• counterpoint: In many ways, the work shows Rheinberger's classical leanings, with its substantial use of imitative counterpoint.

• behavior: This kind of imitative behavior can easily lead to tipping points, in which the number of football fans suddenly rockets upwards.

• learning: Nowadays, the authors limit themselves to a strict definition of imitative learning.

• pattern: Select imitative nymph patterns suited to the water you are fishing.

• strategy: Imitative strategies use only information available from a land manager's social neighborhood.

• capacity: None of the earlier technologies exhibited this sort of independent, logical, imitative capacity.

Modifying Another Word

• not: The absence of a mouth makes no difference and serves to prove the smile is not imitative.